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METHOD FOR MALTING SEEDS
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention generally relates to a method for
malting seeds, such as barley seeds and other cereals, such
as wheat and sorghum seeds, legumes and pseudo-cereals. More
particularly, the method includes reducing the microbial
count of the seeds prior to malting and/or prior to adding a
starter culture for the malting process.
Heat and moisture are applied onto the particulate seeds
to provide a heated moist environment which provides surface
moisture on the seeds during the application of heat. Heat
is applied for a time and temperature sufficient to reduce
the microbial load of the seeds or other malting seeds
without affecting or minimally affecting, the loss of the
ability of the seeds to germinate and undergo a malting
process.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Barley and other seeds, such as wheat and sorghum, are
used for the production of beverages, such as beer. In most
cases, a seed is subjected to a malting process to increase
enzymatic activity. These enzymes, such as amylases,
betaglucanase and xylanase enzymes, degrade the starch and
non starchy components from the seeds to
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prepare them to be used in processes such as brewing. In
known malting processes, the moisture content of a seed,
such as barley, is raised by immersion of the barley
seeds in water. Thereafter, the barley with a high
moisture content is allowed to germinate to provide a
green malt. After germination, the green malt is dried
under specific conditions. The final malt is cleaned to
remove, for example, the sprouts and dust. Thereafter,
it is used in processes, such as brewing, milling or
other fermentation processes.
Barley and seeds contain naturally occurring
microorganisms. Generally, the quality of the malt and
the beverage derived therefrom can be affected by the
presence of microorganisms naturally present on and in
the barley and other seeds. Some microorganisms
positively affect malting, some do not. Generally, these
microorganisms are further developed and grown during the
malting process. During microorganism growth,
metabolites can be produced, some of which are known to
negatively influence the quality of the final malt. For
example, some molds such as Fusarium can produce
vomitoxin (= deoxynivalenol, often referred to as DON).
DON is a harmful mycotoxin and levels of that mycotoxin
should be kept as low as possible. It is believed mold
or yeast strains developed or grown during the
germination process also produce proteins which are
claimed to cause gushing in beer produced from that malt.
Moreover, other products formed by microorganisms during
germination can be polysaccharides which are believed to
cause early flocculation of yeast during fermentation in
the brewing of the malted seeds. Hence, many
microorganisms adverselv affect the malting process
and/or adversely affect the quality of the beverage which
is made from the seeds, such as barley.
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Further, mycotoxins and/or other metabolites can be
produced during the malting process. Indeed, malting
process conditions from steeping to drying are such, that
they encourage microbial growth and development and
enhance the production of metabolites. And even thouah
these metabolites originally present on the seed before
the process generally are removed with the steep water
after steeping, not all of the microorganisms and
metabolites are removed. Moreover, after steeping and
during the germination process and the first phase of the
drying process, microorganisms can again develop and
produce these metabolites.
A lower initial microbial count in seeds which
undergo a malting process would not only reduce the level
of undesirable microorganisms in the seeds, but also
could prevent the production of metabolites of those
microorganisms. A treatment lowering microbial count
must be balanced so as not adversely affect the ability
of the barley and other seeds to germinate, nor to
destroy viable seed tissues critical to obtaining a good
quality malted seeds. Hence, the embryo in the barley
and other seeds should not be so adversely affected so
that they will not be metabolically inactivated and will
not germinate and produce, for example, enzymes as part
of the malting process.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an improved
preparation process for making malted seeds and to
improve the malted seeds product of such process.
Another object of the invention is to provide a
process and improved malted seed which vary less in
quality with the raw material used.
Additional objects of the invention will become
apparent with reference to this specification.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention provides a process or method of
malting seeds selected from the group consisting of
cereals, such as barley, wheat, rye, corn, oats, rice,
millet and sorghum, pseudo-cereals, such as buckwheat,
amaranth and legumes, such as soy. The process of the
invention includes reducing the microbial level in the
seed prior to steeping and malting and also can comprise
the introduction of a starter culture used in the malting
process. According to the invention, the reduction of
microbial levels permits efficient use of starter
cultures, such as molds, yeasts, bacteria, spores and
activated spores. The invention also promotes malting
without competition from microorganisms naturally present
on the seeds before malting which not only negatively
influence the malting process and the quality of the
final malt, but also the quality of the products derived
from the malted seeds. In an important aspect, the
invention provides a method for malting barley, sorghum
and wheat, and in a very important aspect, barley. In
another important aspect, the invention includes the
addition of a starter culture, such as spores or
activated spores, after the reduction of the microbial
load. In the latter aspect, a starter culture, such as
activated spores, provides increased enzymatic activity
which is enhanced by reducing the microbial level in the
seeds prior to the malting process. The increase of
enzymatic activity may be due to reduced competition
between the starter culture and the natural occurring
microorganisms which have been reduced during the
treatment, as well as possible changes in the surface
properties of the seeds that permit a better adhesion of
a starter culture on the seeds. In yet another important
aspect, the process contemplates a continuous treating of
the seeds prior to the addition of the starter culture
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and continuation of the malting process.
The method of the invention is unique in that it may
be continuous and does not require increased pressures
with sealed containers. The seeds are heated with moist
heat and moisture on the surface of the seeds. Care
should be taken not to over expose the seeds to the moist
heat and/or over expose the seeds to moisture prior to
heating because the seeds should not be cooked. Over
exposing the seeds to moisture prior to heat will hydrate
the seeds below the surface of the seeds and then the
moist heat, such as steam, will tend to over heat the
seeds, "cook" them and reduce their ability to germinate
and sprout during the malting process. It is surface
moisture on the surface of the seeds coupled with heatina
which is important in reducing the microbial content of
the seeds without substantially adversely affecting the
ability of the seeds to germinate and to produce enzymes
which are sought through the malting process. Moist heat
is applied by a fluid or fluidum which includes heated
water or steam having a temperature in the range of about
60 C to about 200 C.
The method of the invention will reduce the
microbial count of the seeds, such as barley and wheat,
by at least about five (5) times per gram of product for
molds and 1 x 10zper gram for yeasts, and in an important
aspect by at least 1 x 103 per gram of product for molds
and 1 x 109 per gram of product for yeasts. Further, the
method of the invention is practiced without the
necessity of pressurizing the heating vessel to pressures
substantially above one atmosphere or atmospheric
conditions.
The method includes exposing the seeds to moist heat
for a time and temperature that will reduce the microbial
count, such as yeast and mold microbes, of the seeds by
at least about a factor of five (5) per gram of seed, but
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will not reduce the germination energy of the seed after
about 72 hours to less than about 80%. In general this
means that seeds, such as barley and wheat, should be
heated with surface moisture on the seeds for from about
one to about thirty seconds at a temperature in the range
of from about 50 C to about 90 C and preferably from about
600C to about 90 C. Temperature can be conveniently
measured by placing a thermometer in the seed bulk. In
one important aspect, the seed is a continuously moving
stream of seeds. Where it is heated in a moist
environment when it is a continuous moving stream, the
seeds may be conveyed through a tube-like conduit via
paddles where steam having a temperature of from about
100 C to about 200 C is injected through the paddies ontc
the seeds and increase the moisture content on the seeds.
As the seeds go through the conduit, they have steam
directly injected onto them which moisturizes and heats
the surface of the seeds. The important function of the
steam is to provide an amount of surface moisture on the
malting seeds which with the heat will kill undesirable
microorganisms, but not adversely affect the ability of
the seed to sprout and germinate. In this aspect, the
steam is effective for heating the seeds to a temperature
of at least about 50 C, and in an important aspect, heats
the seeds from about 60 to about 90 C as they leave the
conduit, the seeds residing from about 1 to about 45
seconds, and preferably 3-30 seconds in the conduit. The
conduit also may have a heat source (additional to the
directly injected steam) which is a jacket which
substantially surrounds the conduit throughout its length
where the jacket is heated such as by steam, oil,
electrically or any other suitable means for heating.
The heated jacket indirectly heats the seed.
In another important aspect of the invention where
the seeds are treated when continuously moving as a
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stream, the seeds are conveyed on a pervious belt and has
steam having a temperature of from about 100 C to about
200 C injected onto theirL as they proceed along the belt.
In this aspect, the steam is applied to the surface of
the seeds which are heated to at least about 50 C, and in
an important aspect, the seeds are heated to about 65 C
to about 85 C as they leave the belt, the seeds residing
about 3 to about 30 seconds on the belt.
In another aspect, the seeds may be immersed in
water at about 65 C to about 90 C for about 1 to about 20
seconds for good results.
The temperature of the heat source and time of
exposure of the seeds to the heat source is a function of
the sensitivity of the seeds to heating such that the
time and temperature are effective for reducing the
microbial count in the seeds by at least about a factor
of five per gram of seeds, and the seed does not lose any
substantial functionality for the malting process. The
combination of the temperature of the heat source, steam
injection, surface moisture and time of exposure of the
seeds to the heat source, however, should be effective to
heat the seed to at least 50 C and reduce the yeast and
mold count by at least about a factor of five per gram of
seed after the seeds are conveyed through the moist heat
as described below.
The process of the invention can also include
cooling the seeds after heating the seeds with moist heat
to cool the seeds down and to ambient temperature. The
heating can permit prolonged storage of the seeds with
reduced microbial count.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus
which can be used to practice the invention.
Figure 2 is a side view of the conduit in the
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apparatus shown in Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Definitions
As used herein, the term "spore" refers to a dormant
and highly resistant reproductive cell formed by bacteria
and fungi in response to environment conditions that do
not favor the growth of the organism. When exposed to
favorable environmental conditions, spores are capable of
developing into a viable adult organism without fusion
with another cell.
As used herein, the term "activated spore" means a
spore having one of the following properties.
I. The spore is swollen such that its size is
increased by a factor of between about 1.2 and about
10 over its dormant size; and/or
II. One or more germ tubes per spore is formed.
Activated spores are prepared by one or a
combination of the following treatments
i. Cycles of wetting and/or drying;
ii. Addition of appropriate nutritional
supplies (such as a nitrogen source, preferably
amino acids and/or a carbon source, preferably
mono-or disaccharides) or spore elements;
iii. Exposure to temperature changes,
preferably within a temperature range of about
0 to about 80 C.
iv. Exposure to changes in pH, preferably
within a pH range of about 2.0 to about 8.0,
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more preferably about 3.0 to about 6Ø
The term "germination" as used herein means the
beginning or resumption of growth by a seed. In
accordance with the process of the present invention,
germination begins to occur during and/or after the seeds
have been steeped. Germination of seed is generally
understood to mean hydration of the seeds, swelling of
the seeds and inducing growth of the embryo.
Environmental factors affecting germination include
moisture, temperature and oxygen level. Root and shoot
development are observed.
As used herein, the term "'steeping" refers to
wetting of the seeds. Wetting may include one or more
stages over a time and temperature effective for
providing a moisture content of between about 20= and
about 60% by weight.
In one embodiment of the invention, the seeds for
malting are fed into a elongated heating device 4 which
is shown in figure 1. The seeds are fed into the heating
device from hopper 6 through feed aperture 8 into channel
10. The seeds are conveyed down channel 10 in the y
direction. Channel 10 is surrounded by a steam jacket 12
through which steam may be circulated. A hollow rod 14
extends longitudinally down the center of the channel. A
plurality of paddles 16 are mounted on the rod 14 down
its longitudinal length. The rod 14 is rotated and the
paddles are angled such that as the rod rotates the
paddles, the paddles mix the seeds and push the seed down
channel 10. The paddles have openings 18 from channels
which extend through the paddles to the hollow center of
rod 14. These openings transmit steam going through the
rod and paddles so that the steam may be injected onto
the seeds being transmitted down channel 10. As the rod
rotates, the paddles push the seed down the conduit to
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exit aperture 20 through which the seeds with the
microbial reduced load drops. The openings in the
paddles may be opened or closed to control steam
injection onto the seeds being transmitted down the
channel. In one aspect of the invention, some of the
openings in the paddles towards the feed input end of the
channel are open to transmit steam from the hollow
rotating rod 14 onto the seeds. Steam can be supplied
through the rod and through the paddles onto the to-be-
treated particulate seeds. The amount of steam injected
is effective for providing a moist environment,
increasing the moisture content on the surface of the
seeds and to heat the product as described above.
Additional indirect heating of the particulate seeds may
be done by using indirect heat from the jacket of the
device. Just enough steam is injected to provide
moisture on the surface of the to be treated particulate
seeds. With the moisture and heat from the steam and the
indirect heat from the jacket heat source of the device,
the conditions are sufficient to kill microorganisms at
the surface of the seeds without substantially reducing
the ability of the seeds to germinate. The higher
moisture content, the heat and the time of exposure of
the seeds to the heat must be limited to prevent the
functional properties of the cereal to be negatively
influenced. A device which can be used to treat the
particulate seed as described herein is available as a
Solidaire Model SJCS 8-4 from the Hosokawa Bepex
Corporation, 333 N.E. Taft Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota
55413, but the invention is not limited to such a device
or a device with paddles for the injection of steam.
The rotating paddles as vehicles for injecting
steam, assure that the steam is uniformly distributed
over the surfaces of the seeds, but not into the seed
particle. It is important that there is sufficient
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mixing of the seeds during the treatment that the
surfaces of the seeds are moist and achieve a temperature
of at least about 50 C.
The starter culture, such as spores and/or activated
spores, can be introduced before or during the various
germination or steeping stages. For example, activated
spores can be introduced during the various germination
or steeping stages. In the case of activated spores, the
concentration of the spores vary depending on the
conditions of the malting process and the type of active
spore being utilized. Generally about 1 x 102tc about 1
x 107, preferably about 1 x 10' to about 1 x 10= activated
spores per gram air dry seed is utilized.
The seed after the steam and heat treatment then is
wetted and mixed with a starter culture which may be
combined with the seeds either before or after wettina,
When the invention utilizes a starter culture, such as
spores or activated spores from microoganisms, such as
bacteria or molds, a surprising increase in enzymatic
activity of the malted seeds results. In this aspect,
the process generally comprises combining water, the
seeds and activated spores and holding the combination
until seeds of enhanced enzymatic activity is formed.
Generally, the combination is made by inoculating the
moistened seeds with the activated spores, but as
previously noted, the spores or activated spores and
seeds may be combined before or after the moistenina of
the seeds, but after reducing the microbial count of the
seeds. In the process of the invention, the combination
of wetted seeds and starter culture has a concentration
of starter culture, holding time and holding temperature
which are effective for providing the seeds with an
increase in enzymatic activity of at least one enzyme,
such as (3-glucanase, xylanase, amylases, debranching
enzymes, proteases and/or other naturally occurring
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enzyme activities, which are greater than the enzymatic
activity which is obtained by holding the wetted seeds
without the reduced microbial count and without a starter
culture, such as activated spores.
In this aspect, the seed, spores or activated spores
are combined before or after the time of wetting the
seeds and the combination is held at a temperature of at
least about 5 C and not more than about 30 C, preferably
between about 10 C to about 20 C and the activated spores
are at a concentration in the combination to obtain an
increase in enzymatic activity of the malted seeds. The
wetted or moistened seeds and activated spore combination
is held for a time and temperature until the seeds have a
moisture content of at least about 20 weight percent.
The moistened seeds and activated spores are held
together until the seeds have a moisture content of
between about 20 to about 60 weight percent, preferably
from about 38 to about 47 weight percent, and are allowed
to germinate for about 2 to about 7 days, preferably
about 3 to about 6 days, at a temperature of from about
10 to about 30 C., preferably from 14 to about 21 C.
In important aspect, the germinated seeds are dried at a
temperature of from about 40 to about 150 C, preferably
between about 45 and 85 C until the dried malted seeds
have a moisture content of from about 2 to about 15
weight percent moisture, preferably from about 3 to about
7 weight percent moisture.
Microorganisms, spores, and activated spores which
may be used in the invention may be from the microbes
selected from the group comprising of Enterococcus spp.,
Micrococcus spp., Pediococcus spp., Leuconostoc spp.,
Lactobacillus spp., Brevibacterium spp., Corynebacterium
spp., Propionibacterium spp., Bacillus spp., Acetobacter
spp., Pseudomonas spp., Pichia spp., Sacchaaromyces spp.,
Zygosaccharomyces spp., Hanseniaspora spp., Rhodotorula
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spp., Torulopsis spp., Trichosporon spp, Kloeckera spp.,
Candida spp., Geotrichum spp., Neurospora spp., Monascus
spp., Mucor spp., Rhizopus spp., Rhizopus oryzae strain
ATCC 9363, Trichoderma spp., Aspergillus spp.,
Penicillium spp., Amylomyces spp., and mixtures thereof.
The scope of the present invention is, however, not
limited to the above-mentioned list of microorganisms.
EXAMPLE 1 - FLUIDIZED BED SYSTEM
Barley was used in the test. Samples of barley were
placed in a special device or chamber. Heated moist air
was injected into the barley samples. This injection
resulted in a fluidization of the barley and a surface
treatment to reduce the microbial count. The time is the
time in seconds the barley was treated in the chamber.
The temperature is the temperature of the barley sample
direct after treatment. The barley treated was a US 6-
row variety standard used for malting purposes. Samples
were analyzed on microbial count such as total aerobic
plate count, molds and yeasts. The germination energy
was measured according to the B.F. method 3.6.2 Analytic
EBC with the addition of 4 ml water. Germination energy
of 100 means that all the barley analyzed was germinated
after 72 hours.
Germ.
Time Energy T.P.C./ Yeasts/ Molds/
Test (sec) Temp(C) 72 hrs. Gram Gram Gram
1 3 67 93 5.20E+05 100 2,900
lb 3 66 92 4.50E+05 350 2,300
2 3 77 90 3.50E+05 20 1,700
3 3 77 90 1.00E+05 200 1,400
4b 3 85 95 2.OOE+06 <10 630
4 7 85 90 7.40E+05 <10 210
5 7 67 90 1.60E+06 30 310
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Germ.
Time Energy T.P.C./ Yeasts/ Molds/
Test (sec) Temp(C) 72 hrs. Gram Gram Gram
7 7 77 98 1.20E+06 <10 320
8 7 87 70 5.00E+06 <10 170
9 14 67 85 1.80E-06 <10 550
9b 14 67 87 1.40E+06 <10 290
10 14 78 83 1.OOE+06 <10 160
11 14 78 71 9.30E+04 <10 60
12 14 85 40 5.60E+03 <10 40
13 28 67 65 1.50E+04 <10 580
14 28 77 25 6.OOE+02 <10 10
15 28 78 15 8.OOE+02 <10 20
16 28 85 35 1.10E+03 <10 650
16b 28 84 15 9.70E+03 10 20
control 95 7.60E+07 34,000 26,000
EXAMPLE II - ROTOR WITH PADDLES
Barley: samples treated with a rotor which includes
paddles which inject steam onto the barley being conveyed
down a tunnel-like conduit by the rotating paddles.
Control: not steam heat treated.
Sample: steam heat treated.
The barley treated was a 6-row malting barley variety as
described in Example I.
Microbial Reduction Treatment: product temperature 60 C.,
time treatment in the conduit: 10 seconds; direct steam
temperature 111 C. Jacket temperature (indirect) 149-
150 C.
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Microbial content sample:
T.P.C./a Yeasts/a Molds
Control 670000 35000 27000
Sample 50000 100 2400
Malting process: the microbial reduced barley (400 g) was
steeped in an erlemeyer flask (2 litre). Barley: water
ratio 1:1. The erlemeyer was agitated on an orbital
shaker (100 rpm) during the wet stages. During the wet
stages the barley was aerated with filter sterilized air.
The steeping program was carried out by:
- wet stage, 6 hrs.
- dry stage, 17 hrs.
- wet stage 5 hrs.
- dry stage 16.50 hrs.
- wet stage 2.50 hrs.
After steeping, the germination was carried out in a Joe
White micromalting unit using three temperature steps: 14
hours at 20 C., 2 hours at 18 C., 80 hours at 16 C.
Kilning was carried out in the same malting unit using 7
temperature steps: 3 hours at 62 C., 2 hours at 65 C., 2
hours at 68 C., 2 hours at 73 C., 1 hour at 78 C., 2
hours at 80 C, 6 hours at 83 C.
DON analysis were done using a GC method.
Malting with a starter culture (S.C.):
Activated spores from Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 9363 were used
as starter culture. Activated spores (10.000/per gram
dry barley) were added during the first wet steeping
cycle.
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DON Analysis on Malted Barley
DON ppm
Averaae st. dev.
Barley 3.34 0.69
Malt
- Control 0.53 0.69
- Sample 0.27 0.01
Average st. dev.
Malt
- Control with S.C. 0.43 0.11
- Sample with S.C. 0.36 0.05
2 trials, 2 analyses each
Results show that the steam treated barley gives a lower
DON value than the untreated barley and that the standard
deviation of the treated barley is much lower.
Results: beta glucanase activity (abs/g dry weight) in
the dried malt.
1 2 3
Blanc 17.78 11.89
Test 13.06 8.57
Blanc with S.C. 64.57 30.96 85.78
Test with S.C. 156.3 138.15 189.12
Results show that the steam treated barley gives with the
starter culture an increased level of enzyme activity.
EXAMPLE III - IMMERSION BARLEY
Barley samples were immersed for different times in
water at different temperatures. After immersion, the
samples were dried and further analyzed. The barley was
6 Row U.S. barley as described in Example I.
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BP,RLE Y
Product Germ, Energy
Test Time(s) Temp (C) 72 hrs. T.P.C./g Molds/g
1 2 sec 95 C 84 7300 110
2 2 sec 95 C 89 96000 96000
3 5 sec 95 C 52 800 800
4 5 sec 95 C 50 70 70
5 2 sec 75 C 89 3200000 300
6 2 sec 75 C 89 300000 2100
7 5 sec 75 C 90 190000 1100
8 7 sec 75 C 86 150000 210
9 7 sec 75 C 93 470000 150
10 14 sec 75 C 90 50000 1000
11 Ctrl - 94 190000 99000
EXAMPLE IV - IMMERSION WHEAT
Wheat samples were immersed for different times in
water at different temperatures. After immersion, the
samples were dried and further analyzed. The wheat was
Stephen a White wheat variety, used for malting purposes.
Germ, T.P.C./
Temp, Energy Grams Yeasts/ Molds/
Sample Test Time(s) C. $* ** Grams Grams
Wheat 1 3 66 100 1.60E+05 1.OOE+01 3.60E+02
Wheat lb 3 66 100 1.20E+05 <10 1.60E+02
Wheat 2 3 77 100 1.50E+05 <10 1.50E+02
Wheat 3 3 77 97 1.80E+05 <10 7,00E+01
Wheat 4 3 88 78 4.90E+04 <10 4.OOE+01
Wheat 4b 3 88 75 9.OOE+05 <10 1.70E+02
Wheat 5 7 66 100 1.80E+05 <10 2.10E+03
Wheat 6 7 77 93 6.40E+04 <10 1.20E+02
Wheat 7 7 77 92 1.50E+05 <10 1.00E+03
Wheat 8 7 88 15 8.30E+03 <10 <10
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Germ. T.P.C./
Temp. Energy Grams Yeasts/ Molds/
Sample Test Time(s) C. }* ** Grams Grams
Wheat 9 Ctrl - 100 1.30E+05 4.40E+03 ]_1.OOE+03
* Germination Energy Number.
** Total Plate Count.
EXAMPLE V - BARLEY
6-Row U.S. malting barley was treated in a conduit
with direct and indirect heat. After the treatment,
samples were cooled and dried to remove surface moisture.
Samples were further analyzed.
Direct
Indirect Steam Temp. of
Heat Temp. Product Germination
Jacket from after Time Energy
Temp.* Rotor* Treatment* (sec.) 72 hrs.
Test a 241 251 155 7.5 80
Test b 281 251 161 7.5 88
Test c 251 299 165 10.5 81
Control 91
* Degrees Fahrenheit
T.P.C./gram Yeasts/gram Molds/gram
Test a 3.OOE+06 1.OOE+01 7.OOE+02
Test b 1.60E+06 <10 5.00E+01
Test c 1.40E+07 <10 <10
Control 5.70E+06 2.10E+04 1.30E+04
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